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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Swimming in the Pool!

Emma loves playing in her pool! She usually ignores me when I'm taking pictures, so it's incredibly hard to get one of her smiling. These turned out alright.





Father's Day!


Happy Father's Day! We spent it in Racine w/ Ben's family. It was a beautiful day! Emma got to hang out w/ her cousin Anahi and play in Opa's and Nana's big backyard. Emma loves running around and being free!

Emma teaching Anahi coloring techniques!


Emma loves running! Really, it's rare to see her walking!

Family photo; not the best, but oh well!

Daddy and his girl!

Playing w/ Lorelei


We went to visit our friends in Geneva. They took us to a neighborhood park. Emma loved playing with her friend Lorelei. They play so nice together! It's so fun to watch Emma play w/ her friends. She's growing up so fast, before we know it she's going to start having sleepovers!

Slides are fun!

Oh, the lightweights in my family!



Teeter totter!

Baking cookies


Getting started w/ Emma's first batch of chocolate chip cookies. Emma did a great job helping. It got a little harder to stir when I put in the flour, but she kept trying. We try to bake cookies once a week. Ben is getting sick of chocolate chip cookies, so we have to mix it up a bit; he's not a girl, so he doesn't understand the need for chocolate.
Helping is so much fun!

It's getting harder to stir now!


Ding! Cookies are ready to be EATEN!

Gramps and Mimi visit!

Emma is very excited to be going to the park! Gramps and Mimi came for a visit last month (June). She really enjoyed spending time w/ them! Come back soon!

Picking flowers w/ Mimi!


Down the slide w/ Mimi!
Going down the slide w/ Gramps!